#48A7D0#48A7D0

#48A7D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.107 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7D0
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -15.30, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 32.90, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0693 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.107 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8719, 33.5663, 64.6723)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7D0 #D07148

analogous

#48D0B5 #48A7D0 #4863D0

triadic

#48A7D0 #D048A7 #A7D048

tetradic

#48A7D0 #B548D0 #D07148 #63D048

square

#48A7D0 #B548D0 #D07148 #63D048

split-complementary

#48A7D0 #D04863 #D0B548

monochromatic

#20617D #2D87AE #48A7D0 #79BEDD #A9D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48A7D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#48A7D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7D0

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7D0	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.107 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1de',
    500: '#48a7d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7d0;
$custom-light: #89c1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68851,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7D0

secondary

#D7AF9D

accent

#7545E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7D0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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